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Teen gunman killed self at US school while confronted by police

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CHICAGO: A teenage gunman killed himself on Thursday at a school in Indiana, after being confronted by police officers who were alerted in advance of an armed suspect heading to campus.

Police were tipped off at around 8.00am (1300 GMT) of potential violence at Dennis Intermediate School in the city of Richmond, according to the Indiana State Police.

“Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the school, which had already been placed on lock down,” the agency said in a statement.

Officers confronted a teenage suspect outside the school, who then reportedly shot out the glass of a locked entry door and ran inside.

Officers chased him and exchanged gunfire with the teen, but police said they did not yet know if the suspect had been wounded by police.

“The teenage suspect is deceased, the result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the state police said.

It was not immediately known if the teenager was a student at the school.

No other students or staff were harmed, authorities said. Students were evacuated to another school campus where they were reunited with their parents.

“Due to the result of advance notification … the school had initiated their lock down procedure which clearly prevented injury to students and faculty,” the state police said.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing several gunshots and saw a heavy police presence as the school day was commencing.  – AFP

 

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